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Decrease Spam in Wordpress Blogs

Lisa Govea
posted this on April 05, 2011 02:19 pm

  1. Login to WordPress
  2. Click “Plugins” on the left menu.
  3. Activate the “Akismet” plugin.
  4. Go to http://akismet.com/get/
  5. Follow the steps on that website to get an API key
  6. Once you receive your API key go back to your WordPress backend.
  7. Click “Plugins” on the left menu.
  8. Click “Askimet Configuration” which is now a sub-navigation item under “Plugins” on the left menu.
  9. Enter you newly acquired API key and click “Update Options”.